keeve
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Derived from Old English "cȳf" meaning a vat. (Macdonald, A. M., ed. (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary; new ed. Edinburgh: Chambers; p. 719)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːv
Noun
keeve (plural keeves)
Verb
keeve (third-person singular simple present keeves, present participle keeving, simple past and past participle keeved)
- To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
- (Britain, dialectal) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.
References
- keeve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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